prudentia

From prūdēns +‎ -ia. Compare prōvidentia.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pruːˈden.ti.a/, [pruːˈd̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pruˈden.t͡si.a/, [pruˈd̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

prūdentia f (genitive prūdentiae); first declension

1. acquaintance, knowledge, skilfulness
2. sagacity, prudence, discretion, discreetness

   Synonyms: sapientia, calliditās

   Antonyms: stultitia, ineptitūdō, īnsapientia, imprūdentia, sōcordia, stupiditās, inertia

3. foresight
   • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 9:

     Potestne quicquam stultius esse quam quorundam sensus, hominum eorum dico qui prudentiam iactant?

     Can anything be sillier than the point of view of certain people—I mean those who boast of their foresight?

4. wisdom
   • Deuteronomy 32:28 Latin Vulgate

First-declension noun.

prūdentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of prūdēns

• “prudentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prudentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prudentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) statesmanship; political wisdom: prudentia (civilis) (De Or. 1. 19. 85)
    
• prudentia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016